Milwaukee Film Festival

Back at the Staircase | Thursday, November 1 @ 7:30 p.m. | Oriental Theatre | Back at the Staircase—the closing night feature of this year’s festival by Milwaukee director Drew Britton—was an official selection at the 2018 Slamdance Film Festival.more

In the past year, Milwaukee Film hit several significant milestones, including passing 4,500 members (making it one of the largest film culture institutions in the country) and annual attendance to the festival of over 84,000 people.more

Five Fingers for Marseilles | Wednesday, October 31 @ 6:30 p.m. | Times Cinema | Although the western has been a genre largely dormant in 21st-century Hollywood, the well-defined boundaries of its storytelling continue to inspire filmmakers elsewheremore

When the Beat Drops | Tuesday, October 30 @ 5:30 p.m. | Oriental Theatre East | As part of the Milwaukee Film Festival’s new GenreQueer programming track, When the Beat Drops delves into a dance style called “bucking.”more

Personal Statement | Monday, October 29 @ 6:30 p.m. | Times Cinema | Shoplifters is about a crime family that pools their "earnings" from shoplifting, but also have hearts of gold—taking in a homeless 6-year-old girl.more

Shoplifters (Manbiki Kazoku) | Sunday, October 28 @ 4 p.m. | Oriental Theatre East | Shoplifters is about a crime family that pools their "earnings" from shoplifting, but also have hearts of gold—taking in a homeless 6-year-old girl.more

I Am Not a Witch | Saturday, October 27 @ 6:30 p.m. | Fox-Bay Cinema Grill | Set in Zambia and directed by Zambian-born filmmaker Rungano Nyoni, I Am Not a Witch follows the strange path of Shula, a young girl accused of witchcraft.more

Hale County This Morning, This Evening | Tuesday, Oct. 23 @ 9:30 p.m | Jan Serr Studio Cinema | This documentary follows several African Americans from rural Hale County, Ala., over the course of five years and fives voice to their experiences in ...more

Spoor (Pokot) | Monday, Oct. 22 @ 6:30 p.m. | Oriental Theatre West | One of Poland’s most eminent filmmakers, Agnieszka Holland gained the eyes of cineastes around the world with Europa Europa (1991) and an Oscar nomination for In Darkness ...more

Pájaros de Verano (Birds of Passage) | Friday, Oct. 19 @ 3:30 p.m. | Avalon Theater | The first full day of the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival program is packed with 29 films across the event's 8 venues.more

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